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A Mexican movie star who was the first "crossover star" in Hollywood, she starred in many American movies in the 1920s and 30s. She then became an important figure in the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema in the 1940s and 50s. Her films Wildflower (1943), María Candelaría (1943), Las Abandonadas (1944), Bugambilia (1944), and The Unloved Woman (1949) are all considered classic masterpieces. Born to parents who were members of the Mexican aristocracy that existed during the Porfiriato, del Río's family lost all its assets during the Mexican Revolution (1910-1921). Her father at one point escaped to the United States while she and her mother escaped to Mexico City. In 1921, del Río met Jaime Martínez del Río y Viñent, whose family had lost nothing during the Revolution. After a two-month courtship, the two married. Del Río was 17 while her husband was 34. They honeymooned for two years in Europe. That marriage ended in 1928 after stresses brought about from a miscarriage Del Río suffered as well as the couple's move to the United States, where Del Río's career began to flourish. She eventually starred in more than 25 films, and she also appeared in plays and on television. Del Río was painted by many prominent Mexican painters, including Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco. George Bernard Shaw once said, "The two most beautiful things in the world are the Taj Mahal and Dolores del Río."
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